Southborough, MA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

The rule sits in the Schedule of Use Regulations in Chapter 174. In the RA Residence A District, § 174-8.2(A)(8) permits construction of a private garage or private parking for not more than three vehicles that is accessory to a permitted principal use and on the same lot as that use, and adds that one vehicle can be a truck or other commercial vehicle. Section 174-8.2(B)(12) makes private garage or private parking for more than three vehicles, accessory to a permitted principal use on the same lot, a use by special permit. The RB Residence B District in § 174-8.3 adopts the same lists: its permitted uses are the uses permitted in RA and its special permit uses are all those allowed by special permit in RA.

Other districts word the limit differently. In the C Conservation District, § 174-8.1(B)(1) places private garage or parking for more than three cars or one truck or other commercial vehicle under special permit, with a note to refer also to § 174-9, Special permit requirements. In the BV Business Village District, § 174-8.4(C)(8) requires a special permit from the Planning Board for private garage or parking for more than three cars or more than one truck or other commercial vehicle.

Street use by large trucks is a separate rule in the Select Board's traffic regulations. Section 207-42(A) restricts the use and operation of heavy commercial vehicles, having a carrying capacity of more than 2 1/2 tons, on the streets named in Schedule IV and during the periods set out there. Section 207-42(B) exempts heavy commercial vehicles making deliveries to or collections from abutting land or buildings where access cannot otherwise be gained, vehicles used in construction, maintenance and repair of the streets or public utilities, and federal, state, municipal or public service corporation owned vehicles.